Editing Ursa Major (section)

===Native American traditions===
The [[Iroquois]] interpreted Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid as three hunters pursuing the Great Bear. According to one version of their myth, the first hunter (Alioth) is carrying a bow and arrow to strike down the bear. The second hunter (Mizar) carries a large pot – the star Alcor – on his shoulder in which to cook the bear while the third hunter (Alkaid) hauls a pile of firewood to light a fire beneath the pot.

The [[Lakota people]] call the constellation ''{{lang|lkt|Wičhákhiyuhapi}}'', or "Great Bear".

The [[Wampanoag people]] (Algonquian) referred to Ursa Major as "maske", meaning "bear" according to Thomas Morton in The New England Canaan.<ref>{{cite book|title=The new English Canaan of Thomas Morton|first=Morton|last=Thomas|date=13 September 1883|publisher=Published by the Prince Society|ol = 7142058M}}</ref>

The [[Wasco-Wishram]] Native Americans interpreted the constellation as five wolves and two bears that were left in the sky by [[Coyote (mythology)|Coyote]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RS7qtuhKhM0C&pg=PR7|title=Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest|last=Clark|first=Ella Elizabeth|date=1963|publisher=University of California Press|language=en|access-date=2019-05-01|archive-date=2022-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513140130/https://books.google.com/books?id=RS7qtuhKhM0C&pg=PR7|url-status=live}}</ref>